So apparently, Friendster still exists. Yep, if you are an active user of social networking tools, you probably know what I’m talking about. For those who don’t know Friendster, it started in 2002 gaining traction quickly (heck, I signed up) but then quickly died with the arrival of MySpace and Facebook.
Today, apparently Friendster is HUGE in Asia where it has 100 million users. Crazy!
Even crazier, someone is willing to buy it for at least $100 million. What!? That’s more than the $30 million buyout Google offered Friendster 6 years ago. I can’t seem to digest this.
With so many social networking tools around these days, its both interesting and confusing that Friendster still has users and is actually valued at something. I guess that should be good news to all those fledgling social networking sites out there.